MOSKVICH inland passenger ship.
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:59 pm
MOSKVICH or MOSCOW (projects 515, 544, 554) is a series of Soviet built local river passenger ships.
The first MOSKVICH ships were built in 1948 in the Moscow ship repair and shipbuilding factory. MOSKVICH ships did not receive names, only numbers. The lead vessel got No M-1. They were identified by the letter M followed by the ship's number, for example M-270. Later though, some ships owned by private operators received their own names. MOSKVICH’s were built in Moscow until the 1960s.
In total more as 500 units were built.
MOSKVICH ships were used for short sightseeing trips, but also as a type of public transport, called “water trams” (concept similar to water taxi).
As of 2007, many MOSKVICHS are still in service. Most of them are used for sight-seeing, some are used as floating restaurants.
Displacement fully loaded 51,58 ton. Dim. 27.25 x 4.80 x 1.4m, draught 0.7-0.8m. Powered by a 6CHSP or ZD6 diesel engine, 150 hp or Skoda 6L160PNS 190 hp, speed 17 –20km/h. Accommodation for 132 seating passengers, maximum 150.
Type MOSKVICH ships were also built in Kherson, Ukraine. These ships were almost completely the same as Moscow-build MOSKVICH, as they were built according to the same project (544), but they were identified as type PT ships.
Similar ships were built in Leningrad also. Leningrad-built ships were almost the same as Moscow-built ships, but their superstructure was a little bit lower than on Moscow-built ships. The reason was that Leningrad had many low bridges. Leningrad-built ships are known as Leningradets-type ships, project 564K.
06 October 1968 at Cheboksary on the Volga River one of this type the VOLGA M-176 after a collision with a reefer vessel sank, with the loss of 51 people and wounded 10.
Russia 1953 40k sg?, scott? (Wikipedia. Mr. Gennadiy Sitnikov
The first MOSKVICH ships were built in 1948 in the Moscow ship repair and shipbuilding factory. MOSKVICH ships did not receive names, only numbers. The lead vessel got No M-1. They were identified by the letter M followed by the ship's number, for example M-270. Later though, some ships owned by private operators received their own names. MOSKVICH’s were built in Moscow until the 1960s.
In total more as 500 units were built.
MOSKVICH ships were used for short sightseeing trips, but also as a type of public transport, called “water trams” (concept similar to water taxi).
As of 2007, many MOSKVICHS are still in service. Most of them are used for sight-seeing, some are used as floating restaurants.
Displacement fully loaded 51,58 ton. Dim. 27.25 x 4.80 x 1.4m, draught 0.7-0.8m. Powered by a 6CHSP or ZD6 diesel engine, 150 hp or Skoda 6L160PNS 190 hp, speed 17 –20km/h. Accommodation for 132 seating passengers, maximum 150.
Type MOSKVICH ships were also built in Kherson, Ukraine. These ships were almost completely the same as Moscow-build MOSKVICH, as they were built according to the same project (544), but they were identified as type PT ships.
Similar ships were built in Leningrad also. Leningrad-built ships were almost the same as Moscow-built ships, but their superstructure was a little bit lower than on Moscow-built ships. The reason was that Leningrad had many low bridges. Leningrad-built ships are known as Leningradets-type ships, project 564K.
06 October 1968 at Cheboksary on the Volga River one of this type the VOLGA M-176 after a collision with a reefer vessel sank, with the loss of 51 people and wounded 10.
Russia 1953 40k sg?, scott? (Wikipedia. Mr. Gennadiy Sitnikov